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IOM is supporting the relocation of Venezuelans in Brazil. Photo: IOM
UN Migration Agency Supports Latest Relocation of Venezuelans in Brazil
Posted on Fri. May 4, 2018
Boa Vista – IOM, the UN Migration Agency is today (04/05) supporting the
relocation of 236 Venezuelans from the city of Boa Vista in the State of
Roraima on the border with Venezuela, to the cities of Manaus and Sao Paulo,
Brazil.
This is the second group to be relocated under the Relocation Strategy led by
the Government of Brazil and supported by IOM and other UN Agencies including
UNHCR and UNFPA. The initiative seeks to help Venezuelans find opportunities in
other Brazil cities.
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Manfred Profazi, IOM’s Senior Regional Adviser for Europe and Central Asia.
'Promote Mobility and Protect Migrants' – IOM Statement to OSCE Permanent
Council
Posted on Fri. May 4, 2018
Vienna – IOM, the United Nations Migration Agency, has renewed its call for the
protection of the rights of all people on the move, through a global compact
for migration which will shape the migration agenda for decades to come.
The call was made at yesterday’s (03/05) session of the Permanent Council of
the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in the Austrian
capital, Vienna.
Manfred Profazi, IOM’s Senior Regional Adviser for Europe and Central Asia,
representing the Director General, said it was time for a unified effort to
build cooperation and consensus around migration issues.
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‘Shocking’ 97 Per Cent Shortfall in Humanitarian Funding for Ukraine’s
Conflict-Affected – IOM
Sri Lanka Asks UN Migration Agency to Establish Health Assessment Programme for
Resident Visa Applicants
Exhibition Showcasing Hungarian Migration Experience Opens in Budapest
Over 10,000 Migrants in Greece Voluntarily Returned Home in Last 20 Months
Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 22,439 in 2018; Deaths Reach 615
Global Migration Group Supports States in Crafting Global Compact on Migration
Manila Hosts Inaugural Meeting of Bali Process Technical Experts Group on
Returns and Reintegration
Displaced, Returnees and Host Communities Benefit from Livelihood Supports in
Burundi
Jamila: "From washing dishes to Qantas executive."
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- ANSA reported that IOM, UNICEF and UNHCR are working to improve the
protection of underage migrants and refugees in Libya through policies to
support children at risk in the North African country.
- Radio Canada International reported humanitarian agencies are drawing
attention to the crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has
caused thousands of deaths and the displacement of about 1.5 million people,
most of them women and children, over the last two years.
- AFP reported that around 1,500 migrants have been taken from Algeria to
Niger in recent days by IOM.
- Xinhua reported that Ambassador Joanna Wronecka of Poland, this month's UN
Security Council president, said that the United Nations has to act when
Rohingya refugees are suffering. She noted that she sees a possibility more for
the role of different UN agencies to help during the monsoon season.
- Eurasia reported that Kazakhstan in recent years has gone from being a
migrant-sending to a migrant-receiving state, and, in the process, appears to
be altering the economic balance in the region.
- Naija and Nigeria’s Daily Trust reported that the European Union has said
its partnership with IOM has so far facilitated the safe and voluntary return
of 7,720 stranded Nigerians in Libya.
- Indonesia’s Kompas (1st part, 2nd part and 3rd part) spoke to several
experts and resource speakers about who should be responsible for Indonesia’s
asylum seekers.
- NPR spoke to migrants in Tijuana who are seeking asylum in the US and
shared their harrowing stories of crisis.
- Xinhua reported on a non-profit organization’s report which highlighted
the exploitation and mistreatment of foreign agricultural workers in the
Calabria region, one of southern Italy's largest farming areas.
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